Major Requirements

The history major requires a minimum of ten history courses. In addition, in order to better understand other cultures and to do research, students must successfully complete two courses in the same modern foreign language at the intermediate level or its equivalent.

HIS 1106 U.S. History I: From Pre-Contact through the Civil War & Reconstruction OR

HIS 1107 U.S. History II: From Reconstruction to the Present

HIS 2329 American Social History

HIS 3320 The American City

HIS 3326 Building America: A History of American Architecture

HIS 3425 Contemporary United States History

HIS 3434 Revolutionary America, 1760-1800

HIS 3435 The Peoples of Early America

HIS 3437 Civil War and Reconstruction

HIS 3438 History of the Early American Republic,1800-1848

HIS 3525 Environmental History of North America

World History – at least ONE of the following:

HIS 2340 Survey of Latin American History: From Pre-Contact to the Present

HIS 3330 World History since 1945

HIS 3365 The History of Muslim Communities, 600-1600

HIS 3366 History of the Modern Middle East

HIS 3439 Slavery and Race in Early Modern Atlantic World, 1400-1800

History Elective (2xxx or above)

History Elective (2xxx or above)

History Elective (2xxx or above)

Up to eight credits of History internship (HIS 4986 and HIS 4987) can count towards the major requirements.

*History majors who are also Education majors may count both HIS 1106 and 1107 towards fulfillment of their major requirements.

Major GPA. To graduate with a major in history, a student must achieve a 2.00 grade point average in the major courses. The GPA for the History major will be calculated by taking the average of courses designated HIS.